 | John Forster - 1858 - 408 דפים
...Clarendon puts forward his disadvantages of person simply to make more lovable the attractions of his mind. "His ' stature was low, and smaller than ' most men...far from inviting, ' that it had somewhat in it of sim' plicity ; and his voice the worst of ' the three, and so untuned, that in' stead of reconciling,... | |
 | John Forster - 1858 - 408 דפים
...Clarendon puts forward his disadvantages of person simply to make more lovable the attractions of his mind. "His stature was low, and smaller than most men ;...so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of sim' plicity ; and his voice the worst of • the three, and so untuned, that in' stead of reconciling,... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 דפים
...disadvantage. "His person and presence," says Clarendon, "were in no degree attractive or promising; his motion not graceful, and his aspect so far from inviting that it had something in it of simplicity ; and his voice the worst of the three, and so untuned that, instead... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1861 - 368 דפים
...inviting," except that it had in it something of simplicity; but the worst of all was his voice ; " so untuned, that instead of reconciling it offended...nobody could have expected music from that tongue." In short, never was a man less behoven to nature than Lucius Cary ; nevertheless, " that little person... | |
 | 1862 - 520 דפים
...graceful, and his aspect — says Clarendon himself, his fast friend of well-nigh twenty years — so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of " simplicity" — a phrase not to be understood in the favourable modern sense which Mr. Thackeray, of all others,... | |
 | 1864 - 522 דפים
...that you forgave and forgot that. Lucins Carey, Lord Falkland, had a voice, according to Clarendon, " so untuned, that, instead of reconciling, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue ;" yet, as we read further on, " that untuned tongue and... | |
 | Matthew Baxter - 1865 - 534 דפים
...well to describe the great little man in question:—" His stature was low and smaller than most men; and his aspect so far from inviting, that it had somewhat...of reconciling it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue, and surely no man was less beholden to Nature for his recommendation... | |
 | Matthew Forster Conolly - 1866 - 526 דפים
...posterity." The sanie noble author describes Lord Falkland as in no degree attractive hi his person ; his stature was low and smaller than most men ; his...of reconciling, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue ; and sure no man was less beholden to nature for its recommendation... | |
 | Matthew Forster Conolly - 1866 - 518 דפים
...posterity." The same noble author describes Lord Falkland as in no degree attractive in his person ; his stature was low and smaller than most men ; his...it of simplicity ; and his voice, the worst of the tbree, and so untuned, that instead of reconciling, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1872 - 494 דפים
...his remarkable influence to external attractions. His " motion" was ungraceful, his voice " untuned," and " his aspect so far from inviting that it had somewhat in it of simplicity." " Sure no man was less beholden to nature for its recommendation into the world ; but then no man sooner... | |
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His stature was low, and smaller than most men ; his motion not graceful, and his aspect so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of simplicity ; and his voice the worst of the three, and so untuned that instead of reconciling-, it offended the... 
